We offset our fairly sedentary day yesterday with a good walk (actually just under 10 miles) around Rochester, seeing everything from more of the downtown, to part of their Heritage Trail, to a great view of the city, and then a walk back to the hotel through a artsy neighborhood.
Mondays are closed days for many museums, including the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester. That was okay by us, as we weren’t sure we wanted to pay the $20 a person price for a ticket, but we did want to see the museum, so that was our first destination. Our route took us through the northwest quadrant of downtown, where we saw a few cool buildings.
Just past the downtown area, we crossed under Interstate 490, and saw the first evidence of Rochester’s Heritage Trail, which is a 1.25 mile walking path that leads to 15 points of historical significance.
on the concrete supports for the highway.
on a building along the route.
for the 40 most active years of her adult life.
She was arrested here in 1872 for having voted
and died here in 1906.
After having seen the house, we then walked for 1.5 hours back across the city to Cobbs Hill Park, which was to have a great view of the city. We got to see a number of attractive neighborhoods on our route.
Our third destination for the day was a Wegmans grocery store, one of our favorites. They have an amazing selection of to-go items — Asian, seafood, comfort foods, salads, pizza, wings, etc. We perused for awhile, as it is just a lot to look at and very attractively presented. Once we were finished shopping, we walked back on University Avenue through the very artsy neighborhood and ended up walking by the other museum we were interested in (though also closed on Monday and pricey to visit), the George Eastman (Kodak fame) Museum.
Peckish Travels 